35. Boner's bizarre blubbering

For the longest time, I thought Boner's penchant for weeping was exaggerated-- until I watched Diane Sawyer interview him and saw it for myself. It was the most bizarre thing!

As I recall, serial killer Ted Bundy also exhibited the same oddball behavior of becoming visibly emotional when speaking to authorities--not about the dozens of women he murdered--but about inanimate objects, such as an abandoned bicycle. When it came to his victims, he was cold as ice--no remorse--not a flicker of emotion. It was chilling.

Now I'm not saying Boner is a sexual psychopath, but he is one cold SOB, who breaks down sobbing over essentially nothing, and yet is glacially apathetic when it comes to the suffering of millions of 'fellow Americans.' I find it deeply disconcerting having him in such a position of power.

37. Yeah, it's really interesting, isn't it,

how you almost never hear any "analysis" of Boehner's constant crying. Especially since it's over stupid shit, and he NEVER EVER sobs over his horribly damaging policies, or the countless people they harm and damage.

43. Being President AND campaigning

8. Contrast Obama's Tears of Gratitude

Let's compare President Obama's heartfelt, emotional thanks to the people who worked so hard to Mitt's Romney's campaign canceling the workers credit cards before the sun came up on Wednesday morning.

Let's also compare the President's tears for the hopes of so many working people who have no voice against powerful, evil forces to John Boehner's blubbering "I lived the American Dream"; meaning hooray for me, I'm so wonderful!

14. What would be really cool is not to waste that organization

but turn it into the new campaign for taking back the house and adding to the Senate in 2014. But I am afraid they are now going to be dumped... if only he would give that to folks here (you helped pay for it) ,,, that great campaign organization shoud not be allowed to die.

15. Media is stupid.

He was exhausted at the end of a grueling effort, met young friends who'd worked hard for him along the way, wanted to thank them for their work, and the combination resulted in emotional non-outburst.

20. Is it possible he was feeling some of those, whatchamacallits... um... emotions?

21. I also imagined

that he reflected back on the day when he heard that there would be unlimited money used against us. He thought, "Well, I am going to do my best to win against these odds, but will others? And will hard work even matter against such odds?" And to find out that others would do their best and that their best was indeed enough must have been an emotional watershed.

22. Which media?

I've seen reports on several networks and political discussion shows, they all say pretty much as you do, and as Obama said himself. He saw a bunch of young idealistic people with nowhere to go but up in their lives and do great things, like he did.

I think just about everyone but those on Fox News recognized that and said so it their own way.

25. How can those who are mechanical understand heart and soul? nt

26. The tears were sincere, and IMHO, endearingly human.

There is nothing unmanly or unPresidential about it. Many Generals have wept with their troops at the end of campaigns. It's a sign of good mental health that someone can come in touch with such powerful feelings after a difficult shared experience.

27. trying to find the words to thank people who

volunteered so much of themselves to help you, because they truly believe in you, would make any normal person with a beating heart cry. What a humbling honor to look into the face of such selflessness on your behalf.

Plus, yeah, he has to be exhausted....lol! Takes a lot of energy and self control to remain stoic and classy against the RW hate. It was ok to let it go.

I love our Prezizzle. We could not custom-order a more compassionate, intelligent, charismatic guy.

32. Sometimes gratitude just touches the heart like that.

He well knows where he came from and that he didn't get to where he is on his own. Damned refreshing to see that in a President. As for those idealistic twenty-somethings, their unflagging enthusiasm energized a whole bunch of sixty-somethings over the last eighteen months; I know because I'm one of those oldsters.

Our local OFA team is planning a get-together, just to revel in our victorious outcome and to enjoy the company of those field operators who will be moving on. I guarantee there will be tears!

36. Good gravy, these twits just never

give up and never "get it", do they? What the FUCK is there to "analyze"? Anyone with two brain cells would understand why he was teary and emotional. Then again, these are the people who claimed that the race would be a "nail-biter" and likely wouldn't be decided until the next morning, who claimed that Obama hadn't energized the base this time and that the youth vote and Dem morale wasn't as high so voter turnout wouldn't be as much, who bought into the hype about "energized conservatives" who'd have "huge turnouts", who denigrated, disdained and dismissed Nate Silver and many of the nonpartisan, legitimate polls that showed Obama's edge, etc., etc. Idiots.

56. People in the media have NO EMPATHY!!!! n/t

57. It's where HE started and a full circle back with gratitude for everything Chicago means.

There were tough times there and good times. It's the place he and Michelle call home.

It's where Harold Washington fought the same tough battles as Obama and FINALLY won.

It's where life is hard and beautiful.

It's where if you walk from neighborhood to neighborhood you see a lot of wonderful people willing to work, willing to heal but in the economy we have now sometimes unable to do either.

And he is SO grateful to his supporters and these guys have a special place in his heart. They DO remind him of himself (IF he'd had someone like an Obama to look up to for guidance.)

He'd just successfully paved the way for kids like these to do even more. Like a parent knowing that you've been able to do SOME things to make your kids lives better, it suddenly becomes "worth it" to have faced the pain and struggles that ALMOST but DID NOT destroy you. It was a hard fought battle and here was one important reminder of why he started it in the first place.

58. Anyone would break after four years of sheer hate, disrespect, threats and

lack of support from those who he reached across the aisle to meet. Carrying the pain in public without even a frown had to have been difficult. But to see that the majority of the American people still supported him and believed in his ability to bring about change, pierced that part of his inner being that succumbed to it all.

60. I think you are pretty close there

The complete filthy crap thrown at him for 4-5 years now has to do something to you. He has to be "Presidential" so he grins and bears it, but now that his last campaign is over, it must be a great weight off his mind, and a great vindication. Talking about the long way they came to be elected again and the adversity was too much for his exhausted mind to deal with, hence a few tears.

Christ, it's not like he starts blithering over nothing like the Bone man.